805866 - Going back to a redirect page sends you forward again.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

I can not be positive that this bug occurs on every site, but on Google Drive and Gmail, it does occur. 

To Reproduce:
Go to some site. It doesn't matter, just not a new tab page.
Log into your Gmail account.
Type: drive.google.com into the URL bar.
"You will see that Google redirects you many times."
Once you are in the drive, try going back. It will take you to a redirect page and then send you forward again.

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There seems to be no way to go back. The Mozilla Engine should know about these redirects and send you to the page preceding the first redirect.

Comment 1

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

I just realized it doesn't seem to happen all the time. I will try to figure out the exact way to reproduce the bug.

Comment 2

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

Okay. I got it. 

First of all, on gmail the bug is not a major. You must simply press the back button twice to get to the previous page.

As for Google Drive, I was partly wrong. You need to go to Google Docs, which will then redirect you to Google Drive. I will put the correct way to reproduce below.

To Reproduce:
Go to some site. It doesn't matter, just not a new tab page.
Log into your Gmail account.
Type: docs.google.com into the URL bar.
"You will see that Google redirects you many times."
Once you are in the drive, try going back. It will take you to a redirect page and then send you forward again.

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Comment 3

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

The gmail error occurs even on the current version of Firefox. The docs/drive error occurs only on Firefox 19.

Comment 4

[Ioana (away)]

Does this issue reproduce with a clean profile or in safe mode?
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 5

[Josiah Bruner [:jsbruner]]

Yes. The issue reproduces with a clean profile and in safe mode.

Comment 6

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Ioana Budnar [QA] from comment #4)
> Does this issue reproduce with a clean profile or in safe mode?
> http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
> http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Ioana - have you tried reproducing? We won't track this for a specific release, but we should at least confirm and get the necko team's eyes on.

Comment 7

[Ioana (away)]

This issue is reproducible on the 11/14 Nightly.

Comment 8

[Hani Yacoub, Desktop QA]

I couldn't manage to reproduce this issue. Since the bug was logged 9 years ago, most likely isn't reproducible anymore for the reporter also.
Closing this bug as resolved: Worksforme.